Patchogue station

Patchogue (signed as Patchogue Fire Island Ferries) is a station of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York. It is on Division Street between West Avenue (CR 19) and South Ocean Avenue. The station is the eastern terminus for some trains on the branch. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port near the station.

Patchogue (signed as Patchogue Fire Island Ferries) is a station of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York. It is on Division Street between West Avenue (CR 19) and South Ocean Avenue. The station is the eastern terminus for some trains on the branch. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port near the station.

History

Between 1869 and 1879 Patchogue station was the east end of the South Side Railroad of Long Island. It even had spurs and roundhouses between West and Railroad Avenues, as well as another spur between River Avenue and West Avenue for the textile plant that more recently has served as the former Patchogue Campus of Briarcliffe College. Prior to acquisition by the Long Island Rail Road there was a proposal by the SSRRLI to extend the main line southeast towards Bellport, then northeast to Brookhaven and Southaven. The station in Brookhaven was to be named "Fireplace" after Fireplace Neck. The station was rebuilt in 1889 and again on July 30, 1963. As part of the 1963 reconstruction, Railroad Avenue was terminated at Sephton Street, along the north side of the tracks, and the baggage and express house was torn down for additional parking. When the nearby Blue Point station was closed by the Long Island Rail Road in 1980, former Blue Point commuters opted to use Patchogue station. A high-level platform was constructed at the station in the late 1990s, in order to serve the LIRR's then-new C3 bilevel railcars, which require high-level platforms. The renovations also made the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Station layout

The station has one high-level platform – long enough to accommodate six cars – and two tracks. The platform is located on the south side of the two tracks; the north track – not next to the platform – is a siding track.

PD Tower

PD Tower was a former Long Island Rail Road control tower, located on South Ocean Avenue in the Village of Patchogue, in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Connections

Suffolk County Transit buses 2, 6, 51, 53, 55, 66, 77, and 77Y (77Y runs on weekday rush hours only). Davis Park Ferry Co. ferries to Davis Park and Watch Hill on Fire Island (at the Patchogue Davis Park Ferry Terminal and Patchogue Watch Hill Ferry Terminal, respectively).

References

External links

Older Patchogue Station(Newsday) Original Patchogue Station (Arrt's Arrchives) Patchogue Village Bus Railfan Recollections at LIRR "PD" Tower and signals (TrainsAreFun.com) More PD Tower Pics (May 1, 2006) Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (lirrpics.com) Patchogue Station PD Interlocking and The Leaning Tower of Patchogue (The LIRR Today) Station from Ocean Avenue from Google Maps Street View

Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370810556 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.